báisín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English basin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum, from Late Latin bacca (“wine jug”), from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *baski (“bundle”) (compare bac (“hindrance”)).

Noun

báisín m (genitive singular báisín, nominative plural báisíní)

  1. basin
  2. (cockle-, scallop-) shell

Declension
Declension of báisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative báisín báisíní
Vocative a bháisín a bháisíní
Genitive báisín báisíní
Dative báisín báisíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an báisín na báisíní
Genitive an bháisín na mbáisíní
Dative leis an mbáisín

don bháisín

 leis na báisíní

Derived terms
  • báisín lámh (“wash-hand basin”)
  • báisín níocháin (“wash-basin”)
  • lán báisín (“basinful”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báisín bháisín mbáisín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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